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TURN YOUR MONEY OVER WHEN YOU SEE A NEW MOON AND IT WILL
DOUBLE IN VALUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 10-10-1973
LAY SHINGLES IN THE WRONG SIGN OF THE MOON AND THEY'LL
CURL ON YOU EVERY TIME -- SAME WITH A ROCK FOUNDATION,
LAY IT IN THE WRONG SIGN AND YOU'LL HAVE TO DO AWAY
WITH IT EVERY YEAR. ONE YEAR HE STOPPED HERSCHEL'S
DAD AFTER HE HAD ONE SIDE DONE. THAT SIDE NEVER DID
STAY PUT. THE ROCK HE FINISHED LAYING IN THE RIGHT
SIGN IS STILL THERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
I USED TO KNOW AN ELDERLY LADY THAT WARNED ME THAT ONE
MUST NOT LET THE MOON SHINE THROUGH YOUR WINDOW AT NIGHT
ONTO YOUR BED WHERE YOU WERE SLEEPING--IT WAS CAUSE (FOR)
YOU TO GO CRAZY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
A CIRCLE AROUND THE MOON MEANS THAT IT IS GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
ON THE WITCHES' SABBATH EVERY ONE HUNDRED YEARS, THE
DEAD WILL WALK THE EARTH FOR ONE NIGHT. SHE SAID THAT
IT DEPENDED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE STARS AND THE
FULL MOON FOR THE DAY TO BE DETERMINED, PREFERABLY ON
A SUNDAY. SHE REMEMBERED LEARNING ABOUT IT FROM HER
PARENTS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD---THEY CAME FROM A VERY
SUPERSTITIOUS PART OF ITALY.
Submitter comment:
Micheline Caputo - deceased Grandmother. Housewife, Italian.
I heard these things from my grandmother throughout most of my young adult life. She was a fantastic storyteller, and was a storehouse of all kinds of information.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ITALY ; VANDERBILT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
WHEN MOON IS FULL MORE BABIES ARE BORN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
TO LOOK AT A FULL MOON THROUGH THE TREES IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-15-1973
THERE IS GREEN CHEESE ON THE MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 11-04-1977
TO SEE A FULL MOON THROUGH THE LIMBS OF A TREE IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 11-02-1977
PAIN OF CHILDBIRTH WILL START WHEN THE MOON CHANGES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN THERE IS A CIRCLE AROUND THE MOON, COUNT THE NUMBER OF
STARS INSIDE THE CIRCLE. THIS NUMBER IS THE NUMBER OF DAYS
BEFORE BAD WEATHER STRIKES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A RING AROUND THE MOON MEANS RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 11-20-1977
HER FOLKS ALWAYS PLANTED THEIR CROPS BY THE SIGN OF THE MOON.
THE CROPS THAT GREW ABOVE THE GROUND LIKE CORN, BEANS, PEAS,
AND LETTUCE WERE PLANTED IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON. POTATOES,
CARROTS, BEETS, RADISHES AND THINGS THAT GREW UNDER THE
GROUND WERE PLANTED IN THE DARK OF THE MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-22-1977
FOR MORE FOLIAGE, PLANT BY THE DARK OF THE MOON.
FOR MORE ROOTS, PLANT BY THE WHITE OF THE MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU MAKE A WISH WHEN THERE'S A FULL MOON, YOUR WISH WILL
COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 06-30-1973
YOU SHOULD VIEW A NEW MOON OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER AND TURN
A SILVER COIN IN YOUR POCKET FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): RIGHT LEFT
Date learned: 07-04-1973
IF YOU WANT THINGS TO GROW ABOVE THE GROUND PLANT IN THE
LIGHT OF THE MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU SEE A NEW MOON THROUGH THE BRUSH, YOU WILL HAVE AS
MANY TROUBLES AS THERE ARE BRANCHES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SHOW A NEW MOON SILVER AND YOU'LL HAVE MONEY THAT QUARTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
Date learned: 00-00-1972
YOU SHOULDN'T PULL A TOOTH BEFORE CHECKING TO SEE THAT THE
SIGN OF THE MOON SAYS THERE'S NO BLOOD IN THE HEAD. IF THE
SIGN SAYS THERE'S BLOOD IN THE HEAD, DON'T PULL ANY TEETH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Surgery |
Date learned: 00-00-1972